The Useless Mouths of Rouen

Medieval castle under siege, told from the one place the history books skip: inside the walls, as an ordinary person, when the food runs out. Chapters: 0:00 Safe inside the walls 0:50 A siege is decided in the cellars 1:52 The useless mouths 2:46 Put out into the ditch 4:16 The Christmas mercy 4:42 The walls held. You didn't. SOURCES & FURTHER READING Built on the primary eyewitness account and standard scholarship, including: • John Page, The Siege of Rouen (c. 1418 to 1420), an eyewitness verse account, modern edition edited by Joanna Bellis (Middle English Texts, 2015) • Standard histories of Henry V's Normandy campaign and the Siege of Rouen, 1418 to 1419 • Medievalists.net on John Page and the Siege of Rouen • On the older "useless mouths" precedent: the Siege of Chateau Gaillard (1203 to 1204) and the Siege of Calais (1346 to 1347) Per-fact source notes available on request. HOW THIS VIDEO WAS MADE Lost Eons is made with a mix of modern tools and old-fashioned craft. The narration voice and the illustrations are AI-assisted; the historical research, scriptwriting, editing, captioning, and motion / after-effects work are all done by hand. Made for education and entertainment. 📩 Business & inquiries: [email protected] New stories regularly. Subscribe and come wander the lost eons with us. #history #medieval #castle